Welcome to the official site of our “Take a Hike” Virtual Challenge. This virtual challenge is designed to inspire you to “keep moving” and build or maintain fitness  during the spring season and get you ready for LIVE racing! This challenge is a fun way to stay motivated to train and you can invite your friends and family to join you! The event will take place over 12 weeks, from April 1 to June 24, to give you the flexibility to complete all the challenge miles. Finish in 12 weeks or less. If you missed the starting weeks it will not be too late to enter after the challenge starts…you will just have a shorter time to complete the challenge. Swag will be mailed to you later in the challenge, at no additional charge. You can log workouts that you are using for other virtual events. 

What do I get with my registration?

• Short Sleeve Race shirt 
• Custom finisher medal
  
• Milestone digital badges
• Printable digital race bib
• Printable digital finisher certificate
• Race results in searchable format
• Satisfaction of being dedicated to your health
• Shirt and medal will be mailed to you!

How do I choose my Event?

Follow these steps to get started

1- Choose your Discipline– there are 5 disciplines, Fitness, Hiking (Walking), Running, Biking and Multi-sport (bike and run). Read more below under the “Discipline” section.

2- Choose your Distance– within each discipline we two distance options. Read more below under the “Distances” section.

3- Register for your Event– once you have chosen your discipline and distance you are ready to hit the “Register Now” button.

4- Join a Team– during the registration process you will be asked if you want to create or join a team. This is a great way to stay motivated and have fun with friends and family. Read more in the “Join a Team” section below. 

Disciplines

Review the disciplines below to chose the one you want to focus on over the next 12 weeks and review the “Distances” section below to chose your distance.

FITNESS- this discipline is for those who enjoy a variety of workouts. This includes, but not limited to, freestyle workouts in the gym or at home, activity in the pool, activity on the ski slopes, or any other athletic activity that is not pure walking, running, biking or multisport. Enjoy your favorite personal trainers, virtual class and workout regimen during this challenge. You can choose from 2 distance options that will be based on “minutes” spent working out.

HIKE– this discipline is for those who like to hike/walk. You can use a treadmill or outside. You can choose from 2 distance options.

RUN- this discipline is for those who like to run. You can use a treadmill or outside. You can choose from 2 distance options.

BIKE- this discipline is for those who want to ride their bike. You can use a trainer, stationary bike or ride outside. You can choose from 2 distance options.

MULTI-SPORT- this discipline is for the multi-sport athlete who wants to bike and run. You can use a trainer, stationary bike, ride outside, treadmill or run outside. You can choose from 2 distance options.

Distances

Fitness Challenge-

     -Long distance is measured by workout hours. Total of 120 hours. (10 hours average per week).

     -Short distance is measured by workout hours. Total of 60 hours. (5 hours average per week).

Hike Challenge-

     -Long distance is measured by miles and time. Total of 120 miles. (10 miles average per week).

     -Short distance is measured by miles and time. Total of 60 miles. (5 miles average per week).

Run Challenge-

     -Long distance is measured by miles and time. Total of 240 miles. (20 miles average per week).

     -Short distance is measured by miles and time. Total of 120 miles. (10 miles average per week).

Bike Challenge- 

     -Long distance is measured by miles and time. Total of 600 miles. (50 miles average per week).

     -Short distance is measured by miles and time. Total of 300 miles. (25 miles average per week).

Multi-sport Challenge-

     -Long distance is measured by miles and time. Total of 480 bike miles and 144 run miles. (40 bike miles and 12 run miles average per week).

     -Short distance is measured by miles and time. Total of 240 bike miles and 72 run miles. (20 bike miles and 6 run miles average per week). 

Multi-sport participants can log biking and running miles in any order. However, they must only record bike mile for the bike portion and run miles for the run portion.